Home » Opinion

Opinion - Page 997

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Dalits' anger may spell the end of Modi magic

The Supreme Court ruling comes in the wake of the increasing atrocities against the dalits under BJP rule.

12 April 2018 5:47 AM IST

Jeremy Corbyn, Labour leader

Anti-Semitism row, 'spying' claims fail to silence Corbyn

The ideological divide remained unbridged, though, and the tendency to latch on to smear campaigns undiminished.

12 April 2018 5:17 AM IST

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg meets with a group of entrepreneurs and innovators during a round-table discussion at Cortex Innovation Community technology hub in St. Louis. Congress has lots of questions for Mark Zuckerberg when he testifies before them starting Tuesday, April 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Zuckerberg's tough times

The Indian government has also been trying to convince those handling Indian data to locate their servers in the...

12 April 2018 5:14 AM IST

An 18-year-old woman from Uttar Pradeshs Unnao had alleged rape by BJP MLA and his brother and attempted suicide along with her family members by trying to immolate herself outside CM Yogi Adityanaths home on Sunday. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Unnao, Kathua horrors jolt India; BJP unfazed

Key changes in the law on rape had been wrought following the infamous Nirbhaya incident of December 2012.

12 April 2018 5:10 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: The strange path to faith

Every religion proposes a path to its followers of discovering God and/or arriving at deeper faith.

11 April 2018 6:26 AM IST

The Indian soldier, as always, will fight the enemy to the death to defend Indias territorial integrity, even when using totally obsolete weapons, but raw courage alone or only diplomacy cannot deter or defeat a ruthless enemy, as the disastrous 1962 India-China war showed. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

Our defence budget is far too low, we need to compensate urgently

The much vaunted Make in Indiaâ€ has not taken off, while FDI in the military-industrial complex has been almost zero.

11 April 2018 6:23 AM IST

Of Kochhar family drama, and other blockbusters

The ICICI board of directors have sworn their faith in Ms Kochhar. She has turned ICICI into the largest private bank in...

11 April 2018 12:45 AM IST

Take the poisoning of the double agent Sergei Skripal in Salisbury or consider the latest chemical attack near Damascus in the rebel-held region of Douma. (Photo: AP)

Skripal nerve agent row: A counter-view

Double agent Sergei Skripal was swapped by Russia with the US in 2010 and sent for safekeeping to UK.

11 April 2018 12:40 AM IST

Fast: Powerful protest tool has a long history

Hungerstrikes remain a powerful tool of political protest. It gives every citizen a powerful weapon to challenge even...

11 April 2018 12:29 AM IST

Computer Baba, Hariharanand and Pt. Yogendra Mahant

Setting a bad precedent

The saints were given these privileges mainly to stop their criticism of the project.

11 April 2018 12:18 AM IST

Bharat Bandh by various Dalit outfits on April 2 led to widespread violence across the country and a number of deaths. (Photo: PTI)

Heal the rifts within, else India will suffer

It is time the government took stock of the social reality and initiate steps to regenerate a happier state of affairs.

11 April 2018 12:18 AM IST

To take care of simple survival, people are calling upon God and India is a living proof that it has not worked.

Mystic Mantra: Your mortal nature

If you want to survive well, you must just learn to use your four limbs and a few brain cells.

10 April 2018 6:24 AM IST